This is a message from Patrick Volkerding in regards to his thoughts on Gnome and Slackware. It was originally posted on the Dropline Gnome Forum. Editor's note: Pat has made similar comments to me as well regarding Gnome's bugs and maintainance problems.

"You know 50 years from now when we are all dead they will not be saying wow he was a great man he didn't change his software. No they will be saying like some do now that wow he wasn't very bright he had the chance to make a difference and didn't. "

Oh lord, I cannot believe the pathetic manipulation some of you people are trying to pull here. Contrary to many posts here, it's not the end of the world, and you'd still have Dropline!